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US ORGANIC
Last month, we reported that the UK and US had signed equivalence documents, allowing exchange of or...
Read MoreAVIAN INFLUENZA
Back in December, we reported an outbreak of H5N8 on a 1.6 million unit in Russia.
It is now report...
Read MoreBREXIT AND EGG MARKS
We always knew Brexit would create problems, but we were unaware just how bad it could get, culminat...
Read MoreSPENT HENS
Instead of selling end-of-lay hens live, why not suggest customers buy them dead, to cook like most ...
Read MoreGENETIC RESERVOIR
Defra has organised a Farm Animal Genetic Resources report every year for some time, but this is the...
Read MoreABANDONED CHICKENS
We have reported on the rise in domestic chicken keeping for a long time now.
But, last year, with ...
Read MoreSEASON’S GREETINGS
Your Executive Committee, UKEP/LIB Office Staff and I, would like to extend Season’s Greetings to yo...
Read MoreCOVID-19 ANTIBODY NASAL SPRAY FROM CHICKENS
A brief communication from researchers in Australia, tells of work they have been carrying out on a ...
Read MoreAntibiotic Use
The latest report on antibiotic use, up to and including 2019, shows a continued decline in use in a...
Read MoreAvian Influenza
Since those outbreaks mentioned in previous Hotwires, there has been an explosion of new cases throu...
Read MoreEuropean Disease Picture
Food Safety News has reported that Lithuania has rejected more than 40 tonnes of poultry meat, impor...
Read MoreThe Egg Shell
Six hours after release of the yolk from the ovary (ovulation), the egg already has the albumen arou...
Read MoreLetters to the Editor (from one of our long-standing members)
Back in 1946, my father, being a country vicar with nearly an acre of ground. started breeding poult...
Read MoreEditors Note
I am grateful to one of our Executive Committee members, Steve Faulkner, for alerting me to the pass...
Read MoreLatest Advice
Recent recommendations by the American Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for birth to 24 months,...
Read MoreSept 2020 - Raw material prices – harvest update
The harvest is largely over in the south, but in the Northwest of the country has been particularly ...
Read MoreRSPCA’s welfare survey to lobby government over import standards
Whilst perhaps not agreeing with everything the RSPCA say or do, nevertheless, their latest survey a...
Read MoreThe maize effect on UK egg production
There have been reported indications of the increased value of both barley and maize relative to whe...
Read MoreAncient remains by mitochondrial DNA confirms chickens arose from the Red Jungle Fowl in Thailand and India
Examination of ancient remains by mitochondrial DNA confirms chickens arose from the Red Jungle Fowl...
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